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I never bought this set in particular, but I utterly loved Exo-Force when it came out. It was so different, and so damn cool. I'm a fan of Lego villainous factions, and the army of robots were just really cool. Another theme that only lasted 3 years, and it wasn't long enough.

I loved Exo-Force, but I really got interested in Lego after it was already discontinued. What if the next constraction theme was a reboot of Exo-Force? It wouldn't be the same as the original, but it would be great to see redesigns of this and some of the other mechs. The only one I have is a Stealth Hunter from eBay. :(

Love the mechs! I stumbled upon Exo-Force, as I was searching parts to modify Ninjago mechs. I instantly was pulled in. There are great repurposable parts in this series. They’re nice sets on its own as well. Can’t have everything, but I was able to get 4 used sets that included each of the 4 main characters.

I wanted this set sooo bad as a kid... I saw it in a T. J. Maxx I believe for like $50, and my Mom said that IF I got all A's on my next report card, it was mine! Alas... I was a few B's off. Oh well, I'll miss it.

Exoforce completely passed me by back in the day (I was totally not into Lego then). But I recently bought one set (not this one) to check it out. It looks like a whole lot of fun, with some great color schemes in some of the sets as well. I'm tempted to get some more, but then there is so much else...

I greatly enjoyed the Exo-Force theme. My twin brother and I collected the human battle machines and our younger brother got the robot battle machines. It offered good parts for my Bionicle builds but also a great introduction to System mecha design. The story was also pretty engaging, for me at least. Loved following along with the flash comics on LEGO.com.

While I loved the anime-inspired media, in hindsight I almost wish a figure like the mini-doll had been available back then so the figures in the toys could better match the characters in the comics. Instead the minifigure characters occupied a weird middle ground between the features of the characters in the tie-in media (admittedly, fairly stereotypical teenage anime heroes) and traditional minifigure features (yellow skin, chunky trapezoid bodies, no noses).

The Striking Venom itself was a bit of a mixed bag. Meca-One needed his legs removed to fit in the cockpit properly (I'm not even sure if the original production run of the set even came with his legs), the posability was limited (perhaps in order to support its large size, or to make finding stable poses less of a chore), and the build was rather repetitive. It certainly was an imposing battle machine, though!

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